Lord of the House: Chapter 74 goose plucking

The day after Lin Fu and Liu Miaozhen got married, Yuan Guizheng and Yuan Jinsheng left Xuzhou to see Dong Yuan. Huaidong sent Chen Xiaoyan, a book boy from Gao Zongting, to accompany him to coordinate on behalf of Huaidong.

Chen Xiaoyan has been with Gao Zongting for eight or nine years. He has grown from a young boy to a shrewd and capable young man. Gao Zongting naturally hopes that he can have a splendid future in Huaidong.

Huaidong has sufficient material reserves and ships in Shanyang. As long as Yuan Guizheng negotiates with Huaixi about the transit, rice grain, iron materials, mules, horses, armor and weapons can be loaded on the ship at the fastest speed. Shipped to Xinyang and received by the Nanyang Army.

Cross the Huaihe River from Sizhou and rush to Shouzhou without stopping.

Dong Yuan will spend two months reclaiming wasteland in Shouzhou. The scale of the farmland is not large, but it is better than the previous dilapidation. Yuan Guizheng came out of Xuzhou and understood Huaidong's thoughts - Huaidong would use troops on the southern front against Mindong after the autumn, hoping that the defense lines of Huaixi and Nanyang could be stabilized as soon as possible, so at this time, I strongly supported Nanyang's At the same time, Huaixi will not be elbowed for the time being.

But it is clear that if Dong Yuan wants to turn Huaixi into a scene like Huaidong, three or two years is far from enough.

Refugees need to recruit and provide relief, ditches need to be dug, roads need to be built, bridges need to be repaired, large streams and rivers need to build ferries, ferry boats, post stations need to be built, officials and subordinates need to recruit support, so many things are intertwined, but there is no single sword. The wonderful way to cut through the mess needs to be straightened out one by one, and it is a test of the ability to govern. The key is to invest in resources.

Yuan Guizheng came over, and Dong Yuan had just returned from Xinyang.

Dong Yuan rushed back from Xinyang. In addition to seeing Yuan returning to politics, Gongsun Yi and others left Jiangzhou and came to Shouzhou to take refuge.

Gongsun Yi and these old people are the direct relatives of Dong Yuan who have been loyal to him when he was in Dongmin. When Dong Yuan came to Weiyang to set up township soldiers, he recruited them to govern the army, so that the Weiyang army at that time and the Dongyang army could temporarily resist the invasion and infiltration of Weiyang by the Huaisi refugee army.

Afterwards, Dong Yuan led the Weiyang army south to fight against the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels.

Dong Yuan left Hangzhou. Although Gongsun Yi and others did not leave the Hanghu Army, most of them moved their children to Jiangning with Dong Yuan to show their willingness to follow.

Now Dong Yuan's direct line soldiers and horses left in northern Zhejiang have been transferred to Jiangzhou, under the jurisdiction of Yue Lengqiu. Dong Yuan also knows that Yue Lengqiu is the master who eats meat and does not spit bones, so he never thought that he would be able to bring his direct line soldiers and horses to justice. When he came back, he wanted to summon Zhao Gongsun Yi and other confidant generals to his side, and then re-form a new army in Shouzhou.

Gongsun Yi and other dozens of generals, large and small, plus their own soldiers, about seven or eight hundred people came to Shouzhou to join Dong Yuan, which finally made Dong Yuan a little more confident.

It is also called Yuan Guizheng who rushed to Shouzhou to realize that Dong Yuan was able to be a top official in the frontier and support the Wu Party to fight against Huaidong, and he also had a solid foundation.

Yue Lengqiu was also eager to digest this part of the troops transferred from the Hanghu Army. Gongsun Yi and others were not attracted, and naturally they would not stop them from leaving. He also wanted to requisition some of the Changhuai Army and Huinan Army. The military attache entered Jiangzhou to strengthen the direct line force in Jiangzhou.

As the chief general of the Changhuai Army, Tao Chun's every move attracted the attention of the court, and Jiangzhou did not have a suitable seat for him. He naturally could not give up his troops and go to Jiangzhou to join Yue Lengqiu, but at the same time he could not stop Yue Lengqiu. Recruited some basic and intermediate generals from the Changhuai Army to Jiangzhou.

On the one hand, the Changhuai Army is abolishing the old and the weak. Although it has become more elite, its strength has been reduced, but the positions of its generals have been reduced by nearly one-third. Even with military exploits, promotion has become difficult.

After these generals arrived in Jiangzhou, the Metropolitan City would be promoted by Yue Lengqiu, and maybe another Tao Chun would be possible. Yue Lengqiu's rule of the army in these years is not in vain. The influence on the generals of the Changhuai Army cannot be ignored, and Tao Chun cannot contain it.

Nowadays, Dong Yuan and Yue Lengqiu exchange military attachés, and they have a tacit understanding.

In addition to Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan was also anxious to divide the Changhuai Army, and even wooed the generals of the Changhuai Army through the King of Chu. Today, one person will be transferred to Nan'an to serve as a county captain, and one will be transferred to Nan'an to serve as a city school tomorrow. Shouzhou, Haozhou, Xinyang and other places on the south bank were crowded with bandits, and the prefectures and counties needed a lot of military attachés.

It will be nearly a year since he left Hangzhou. After the withdrawal from the Changhuai Army, the situation in Huaixi has gradually improved, but the more this is the case, the more Dong Yuan can feel the gap with Huaidong.

Yuan Guizheng came to talk about the transit of Huaidong grain ships this time. Dong Yuan was naturally inconvenienced. Liu Tingzhou heard that Huaidong would organize 400,000 stone grains to be transported to Xinyang in batches before the fall, and then from Xinyang. When I was transported to Nanyang, I was drooling with greed.

Jiangning's money allocated to Huaixi now, after deducting the money for Nanyang, left 1.8 million taels of silver, including 600,000 shi of grain.

According to the rules, the military rations are allocated by the military commander, and after deducting the transportation consumption, the remaining 500,000 shi is not enough.

Liu Tingzhou was well versed in the unspoken rules of the imperial household, and only 600,000 shi of military rations did not lose more than 100,000 shi. It was because Chen Xiyan and others personally supervised the operation to show their support.

500,000 stone grains are enough to wrap up 100,000 soldiers and horses. The key is to manage Huaixi, and the use of rice grains is far more than just raising the army.

The local rice price could not be suppressed. The government wanted to recruit displaced people to build roads, build roads, build roads and cultivate crops, and they had to pay wages with rice grains. Without rice grains, nothing could be done.

Dong Yuan wanted to restore the township soldiers in Xinyang, headed by the Meng family Meng Yan and Meng Zhixiang, as the Xinyang government army. In addition to the local self-funding, he also promised to supply 4,000 stone grains per month.

Liu Tingzhou knew that Xinyang's foundation had to be stabilized, and that local forces had to be drawn to help suppress the bandits. The monthly supply of 4,000 stone grains was not a lot. How to make up for this shortfall?

The price of grain in Weiyang has risen to one or two or five cents, and it will be one or two eight cents when it arrives in Shouzhou, and another two cents when it arrives in Xinyang.

The first 500,000 taels of silver that Dong Yuan received from the Weiyang salt merchant was only enough to transport 250,000 stone grains of rice to Xinyang.

In addition to food, iron materials, mules and horses are also in short supply.

In addition to armour, agricultural tool casting has a greater demand for iron materials.

All the land in Huaixi that could be used for farming has been abandoned for several years, with overgrown shrubs, hardened soil, and dilapidated ditches.

Now Jiangning's raw iron is equivalent to copper, and refined iron is four times as high as copper.

At present, there are 60,000 soldiers in Shouzhou. Based on 20 catties of iron material per capita, 1.2 million catties of iron material are needed to truly start the field work. 1,200,000 catties of raw iron materials are worth almost 200,000 taels of silver. More importantly, the iron smelting workshops in Weiyang, Jiangning and other places cannot squeeze so much iron materials.

Huaixi really wants to spend a lot of money to buy iron materials in Jiangning, which will only lead to a further surge in iron prices.

The materials supplied by Huaidong to Nanyang pass through Huaixi, and the list of materials must be recorded in Huaixi.

Seeing what was listed in the list, Nanyang was able to obtain 200,000 catties of fine iron from Huaidong to cast the armor. Liu Tingzhou licked his lips and asked Chen Xiaoyan, who accompanied Huaidong to Shouzhou to assist: "Huaixi There is also a lack of refined iron, can Huaidong support part of it?"

"Nanyang is in a hurry, and Huaidong is also tightening his belt to supply the supply. Xiaoyan didn't dare to agree on behalf of Huaidong rashly at the request of Mr. Liu..." Chen Xiaoyan replied.

Liu Tingzhou was so angry that he vomited blood. During his years in Huaidong, he knew that Huaidong had already used a lot of iron components to build wooden bridges in the countryside. In the past two years, Huaidong has relocated its iron smelting workshop to Shanyang on a large scale, so that the coal and iron from Huaiyang can be used nearby and relieve the shipping congestion on the Beiguan River.

After the Red Jacket Army moved eastward, the iron materials transported from Huaidong to Huaisi area reached two or three million catties every year. Today, 200,000 catties of refined iron and 600,000 catties of wool iron are supplied to Nanyang. Impossible to get to the point of tightening the belt.

After all, even if Huaidong does not control Huaixi, even if he has the overall situation in mind, how can he support Dong Yuan to gain a foothold in Huaixi?

Dong Yuan's face was gloomy, but he couldn't refuse the Huaidong grain boat to borrow the road from Huaixi, and only said: "The Marquis has come from a long way, let's rest in the inn today, and talk about some details tomorrow; Nanyang, the stakes are very important, and Huaixi will only support..."

Yuan Guizheng, Yuan Jinsheng, and Chen Xiaoyan left first ~www.mtlnovel.com~ to rest at the post house. Only Liu Tingzhou, Ding Zhiru, Chen Jingrong and other Huaixi officials were left in the public hall.

"Now the sentries of the Yanlu can penetrate the bank of the Huai River, and the Huaidong ship crosses the Huai River to Xinyang. We have to send troops to **** us. Can we charge some fees?" Ding Zhiru said.

Ordinary merchant ships pass through the border, and it is only natural to collect taxes, but the materials transported from Huaidong to Nanyang via Huaixi are urgently needed by the military. Ding Zhiru has no face to say that taxes should be levied, but geese cross the border. The next layer of oil to buffer Huaixi's urgent needs, how can he be reconciled?

Dong Yuan's face was gloomy and he didn't say anything.

Scrape a layer of oil, which is Nanyang oil. Huaidong is so generous this time, and he has the intention of pulling Nanyang Liang Chengchong. If Huaixi needs to scrape a layer of oil, the relationship between Huaixi and Nanyang will become more rigid, which is probably what Huaidong wants to see.

Chen Jingrong looked at Liu Tingzhou and asked, "How much does Mr. Liu think it is appropriate to charge Nanyang?"

The materials that Huaidong will transport to Nanyang this time are very huge. Even if only 10% is scraped, it will relieve the current shortage of materials in Huaixi. Of course, there are also bad influences, so we must weigh the pros and cons, and then let Liu Tingzhou, the military leader, come forward and share the bad influence.

Yan Guo plucked the hair and offended Nanyang. Dong Yuan couldn't escape the relationship, and Liu Tingzhou never thought of clearing the relationship. He gritted his teeth and said: "The raw silk from Pingjiang goes to Haidong, and Huaidong will collect 60% of the tax; Huaihe really counts. If there is no peace, it is enough to leave 20% of the goods to be used as an escort..."

Dong Yuan nodded and said, "Then Master Liu and Zhiru will be in charge of discussing with Yuan Guizheng about this matter..." He was also afraid that tomorrow Yuangui would throw tea on his face when he was in a hurry, and the scene would be too ugly. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter